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Former good article nomineeAdvertising was a good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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July 30, 2006Good article nomineeNot listed


Semi-protected edit request on 28 April 2023

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Mohamad Rezduan Bin Ali (talk) 17:31, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Please carefully read the instructions at WP:EDITREQUEST. OhNoitsJamie Talk 17:33, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 6 June 2023

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Source Text: Mid-1900s - David Ogilvy (1911–1999) - advertising tycoon, founder of Ogilvy & Mather, known[by whom?] as the "father of advertising"

EDIT: attribution to the "[by whom?]" can be properly cited by:

Hatfield, Stefano. "The father of advertising; Media." Times [London, England], 23 July 1999, p. 44. Gale Academic OneFile, link.gale.com/apps/doc/A58133131/AONE?u=anon~16bc3d02&sid=googleScholar&xid=5cdd5e2b. Accessed 6 June 2023. Gstoecker.digital (talk) 20:16, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done – please clarify. It looks like all you want to do is add a citation? If that is the case, I'd like to have a proper URL so that I can take a look at the source. The link you provided outputs an error. Please reply to this comment, and use the citation template and paste the URL to output a valid citation. Thanks! Cocobb8 (talk) 16:06, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

"Propaganda"?

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@Alexander Shipfield: I have reverted your edit. The term "propaganda" has a pejorative meaning not normally associated with advertising, given that it implies deception in the form of half-truths and/or untruths being promoted as fact. Advertising in general, as opposed to false advertising, does not possess those characteristics. Discuss your edit here and offer reliable sources that support your edit before you make it again, please. General Ization Talk 20:24, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Research Process and Methodology - SU24 - Sect 200 - Thu

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 22 May 2024 and 24 August 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Zhilin0321 (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Zq2197 (talk) 04:28, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As the article is semi-protected...

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Very obvious tense mismatch spotted, in casual reading: "In the UK, most forms of outdoor advertising such as the display of billboards is regulated by the UK Town and County Planning system." => "... most forms ... are regulated by ..." (Also would ideally put "such as ... billboards" in parens or make it a commaed subclause, for flow purposes.) - But leaving it up to anyone else who wants to pass by, who has the wherewithall to do it. 89.243.19.27 (talk) 20:24, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done. Zefr (talk) 20:39, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]